"Those early patterns are very important they are the paradigm for relationships since they are the earliest ones you observe. My parents did not make me heterosexual or bisexual. The actress, who also starred in Blackadder and in Wicked on the West End stage, said she disliked the trend for actors and actresses to speak openly about their sexuality.

Miriam Margolyes is the first person to acknowledge that being an only child can be a mixed blessing.